PREDOMINANCY Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

predominancy

noun

pri-ˈdä-mə-nən(t)-sē

Definition of predominancy

as in domination

controlling power or influence over others Asia's long rise to predominancy in high-tech manufacturing

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Noun

Despite being one of the world's oldest continually operating hotel groups, The Peninsula has no plans for world domination.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Santa Margarita’s domination in high school girls golf continued Monday, with the Eagles winning the Southern Section Division 1 team title by four strokes over Orange Lutheran at Los Serranos Golf Club in Chino Hills.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of domination

Noun

While Huang was the architect of Nvidia's AI dominance, the company's moat — superior GPUs, the CUDA software ecosystem, and networking expertise — does not walk out the door with him.

— Michael Khouw, CNBC, 13 Nov. 2026
Critics were quick to object, accusing Google of leveraging its dominance in online search to push deeper into the classroom.

— Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of dominance

Noun

The un-understandable which has dominion over our meat likewise has dominion over our machines.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 Oct. 2026
In the past, the principal solvent of Europe’s imperial dominions was the growing reluctance of people in the metropole to bear the financial and military burden.

— NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of dominion

Noun

Plus, with back-to-back Olympic silvers, France has emerged as the primary threat to American basketball supremacy on the international stage.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Perhaps the first step back to relevancy for Boston College is regaining state supremacy.

— Greg Dudek, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of supremacy

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Their case is part of one of Chile’s darkest chapters when child-trafficking coincided with many other human rights violations during Pinochet’s 17-year reign.

— Nayara Batschke, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2026
The last time any single party held the governor’s office in Kansas for more than eight years was during the nearly two-decade reign of Republicans who won the governor’s office between 1939 and 1957.

— Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 12 Nov. 2026

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